Improved washing-machine



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N. PErERs, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHKNGTON, D' c.

initrd %tastes m arrire Letters Patent No. 98,525, dated Janua ry 4, 1870.

IMPRQVED WASHING-MACEINE.

The Schedule refen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part ci' the same.

To allwlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EROME Soon', of Gharleston, in the county of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `Washing-Machines; and I do lereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the ann'exed drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is pa vertical longitudinal section of my washing-nachine;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on the line :rr-x of fig. 1; u

Figure 3 is a plan or top View; and

Figures 4, 5, and (i show parts in detail, to be more i particularly `refe'red to hereafter.

My invention has for its object the-thorough cleansing of .woven or other fabrics, without subjecting them to injury by abrasion; and

Its nature consists -in such an arrangcment and combination of the various parts `as will produce such a desirable result.

In the drawing- A A is a. box, of about the proportions shown, constituting a tubwhercin to hold the suds or other cleaning liquid, mounted. on lcgs of a height snficient to render the use of the machine convenient to the operator. i 4

Extending across the inside of the box A, from side to side, are strips a a, resting at each end on ledges i b, and having their upper edges rounded. They are placed parailel to each other, with a small space between them, and are elevated above the bottom of the box A, a distance about equal to their depth.

At each end of the row oi' 'stips a,a wall or partia-l partition, B, rises i'ron the bottomof the box to a short distance above the line of the uppercdges ofthe stripsa, so as to form an inner shallow box having a grated bottom.

To the inside of one end, near the sides'of the box A, are hingcd two arms, C 0,? and to the lower edges of these is secured a fiat board or follower, D, in such a nanner that it will shut loosely down into the shallow inner box B, and nearly approach the grating aa, as shown hy dotted lines, but leave a narrow space all around between its edges and its enclosurc.

Rising from each side of the box A, at its centre, is' a standard, E, having a hearing-block, F, at itsupper end, constructed as shown in fig. 4. t

These bear-ing blocks may be 'made with two or more recesses,-c e, for the .adjustment at any required elevation of the joint-pod d, which is kept in place by the pin e. p i

The joint-rod f, of the arms C, is sustained at each end bysimilar hearing blocks Secured to the inside of one end of" the box A, as shown in the drawing.

From each end' of 'the joint-red d descends a lever,

Gr, avhich is jointed, at g, to'another level', H, whih`,`..

in turn, is connected by ajoint-rod, i to arm C.

From each of the joints g extends an arm, I, which connects with a lever, K, by a joint at Ic.

The levers K'are hinged to the npper edge of the box A by means of the socket M and hearing block N, shown distinctly in figs and" 6, and are connected at their outer extrenities by means' of the handle O, figs. 1 and 2. i

When the handle O and levers K are lifted from the position shown by dotted lines in fig. 1, to that shown in full lines, the arms G H I and] the follower D will also rise into the position shown in full lins, increasing the space between the tops of the strips a and the under side of the follower D.

When the 'machine is to be used, .the necessary quantity of cleaning-Iiqud is placed in the tub or box A, and the articles to be washed arep nt upon the grating a a, beneath the follower I). By vibrating the lvers K, 'by means of the handle O, the liquid is forced through the articles, returning by the edges of the i'ollower D, and allowing them to re-expand when the follower is raised, so that they can more readily receive the efi'cct of the cleaning-liquid as it. is again forced through them by the downward motion of the follower D, which is to be rcpeated until the articles are thoroughly wasbed.

The finest and most delicate fabr'ics may thus un dergo the most complete purification without receiving the slightest injury from abrasion or otherwise,'as there is no i'rictio hy rubbing, and thesnooth edges of the strlps a a also prevent inj ury when downward pressure occurs.

What 1 claim as my improvement in washing-machines, is v 1. The arrangement of thejlevers G H I'K, and their connection with arms C 0 and followerD;

2. In combination with the above, the adjustingblocks F, (pin e, pivot d, hinged sockets M' and N, wash-bom' or 'ackwith slats a a a,- si-de pieces B box or tub A, as shown, for the purpose described.

Witnesses: JEROME SOOTT.

GUY CLJHUMPHRIEB, i Tnos. B.. Bunes. 

